I agree wholeheartedly with The Denver Post in its praise of President Donald Trump’s new national security adviser, H.R. McMaster, who is not afraid to disagree with his boss. McMaster wants the president to drop his references to “radical Islamic terrorism,” a popular line with Trump supporters. So why would McMaster suggest a change? Maybe this comparison will help:

The most significant terrorist organization in the U.S. is the Klu Klux Klan. Why not “tell it like it is” and call the Klan “a Christian terrorist organization”? It is — and consistently uses the Bible to justify its activities.

Obviously there is a huge majority of Christians who abhor the Klan, and would be offended for their religion to be connected with it in any way. As the general knows, the same is true with the vast majority of followers of Islam around the world and the Islamic State. And we do not gain their support by linking them so unwisely with a group they fear and disdain

T. John Hughes,Denver

Your editorial was right on. Donald Trump should lower the rhetoric and recall that Theodore Roosevelt said, “Speak softly and carry a big stick.” The president’s constant bellowing gives the extremists publicity they could not afford to buy. Further, his reference is always to “radical Islamic terrorism.” Linking an entire religion to terrorism is like calling a person in the United States who bombs a Jewish synagogue a “radical Christian terrorist.” It’s time to cool it, man.

Joe Power, Denver

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